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Well, that was a pretty quick half year! We're somehow already at the midway point through 2023 so that can mean only one thing - it's list time. It's already been a fantastic year for Irish music, thanks to the artists below and too…

Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the week’s key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 12 below, or scroll to the end for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Previous instalments available here. The weather is…

The common ground artists share creates a platform for wider appeal, introducing both artists to new audiences. Presented here are some unique, rarely repeated collaborations between Irish artists. Some you may be familiar with, others are…

Colm and Daithí welcome Totally Irish host John Barker to the NO ENCORE presenter’s chair this week, as both Dave and Craig get a head start on the Christmas shopping. They miss a cracker, too; Paul Noonan drops by for a chat, the…

NO ENCORE fires up the flux capacitor once more and revisits a year in Irish music to weigh up the most notable albums of the era. This time out it's 2003, with everything from bedroom experimentation (not that kind) to carefully…

NO ENCORE once again turns back the clock in order to evaluate a select group of Irish albums from a given year. This time out the team are 2002-bound - a simpler era when Roy Keane caused a national uproar, nu metal was still making an…

Significantly more hard-hitting than CM Punk in the octagon, it's NO ENCORE 24~! Dave, Colm and Craig are back for more music-related chat as Michael Pope of Le Galaxie fame drops by for co-hosting duties. It's a packed show with the…